The Search for Safety: Why Women Flee their Countries of Origin
By Heidi Cerneka and Jannick Eggerman Today, around the world, people are on the move.  They are migrating to escape poverty, improve their livelihood and opportunities,  or escaping conflict and devastation in their own countries. Women represent almost half of the 244 million migrants  and half of the 19.6 million refugees worldwide. (UN Women – […]
How do we respond to the cry of the poor?
Fr. Tom Greene Visits Brownsville and Matamoros By Therese Fink Meyerhoff November 13, 2020 – There is what amounts to a refugee camp on this province’s border with Mexico. There are currently hundreds of migrants from Central America and Mexico living in Matamoros, Mexico, in tents and handmade shelters without electricity and with only limited […]
On 40th Anniversary of JRS, Fr. Kevin Cullen, SJ, Reflects on His Experience
By Jerry Duggan Jesuit Refugee Service has been helping people across the globe for four decades, providing the forcibly displaced with humanitarian aid and moral support. Founded by then-Superior General Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, JRS seeks to “accompany, serve and advocate the cause of forcibly displaced people, that they may heal, learn and determine their […]
Inspired by a Refugee’s Faith: Finding Hope in Dark Days
We do not know what our future will be, but one thing is certain, that is we know that God will care for us. Even when we die; we die with these thoughts that God loves and cares for us.
Father Thomas Greene, SJ, Named Next Provincial
Fr. Thomas P. Greene, SJ, will be the next provincial superior of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. He was named on Nov. 6, 2019, by Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, the superior general of the worldwide Society of Jesus. Father Greene will assume his duties on July 31, 2020.
Jesuit Social Research Institute
Rooted in the faith that does justice, the Jesuit Social Research Institute works to transform the Gulf South through action research, analysis, education, and advocacy on the core issues of poverty, race, and migration.
The Encuentro Project: Encountering the Other on the El Paso Juarez Border
The Encuentro Project is a new collaborative and inter-congregational ministry offering experiences of encounter along the U.S.- Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.
Father Thomas Greene, SJ, Named Next Provincial
Fr. Thomas P. Greene, SJ, will be the next provincial superior of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. He was named on Nov. 6, 2019, by Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, the superior general of the worldwide Society of Jesus. Father Greene will assume his duties on July 31, 2020.
The Narrow Door: The Church’s Consistent Ethic of Life
Neither “conservative” nor “liberal.” Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, writes about the Catholic Church’s consistent ethic of life.
